conditor Latin · revision 9446

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la condō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈkɔn.dɪ.tɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈkɔn.di.tor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''conditor''' ''m'' (genitive conditōris); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[condō]] “to found, build” with the agent suffix [[-tor]]; ⟨condō⟩ is from [[con-]] and ⟨-dō⟩ “to put”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Plautus, whom he dates c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was the builder or founder of a city or temple, as in Sallust and Livy; the originator of a practice or institution, and the creator of the world, as in Livy; an author, as in Ovid; and an organiser, as in Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Lewis & Short note it is most frequent in the sense founder.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it was founder, creator, author.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it for a founder, the creator, and ''conditor lēgum'' a lawgiver.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 86–34 BC – Sallust uses it of a founder.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of an originator.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A founder, builder.^(OLD 2012)

+ # An originator; the [[m|en|creator|alt=Creator]].^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # An author; an organiser.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[condō]]

+ * [[conditiō]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''Condītor'', with a long ''ī'', is a different and rare word, “a seasoner”, from [[condiō]], and Cicero puns on the two.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}